There were two women and three men in the group. Since he had saved them, they wouldn't mind paying some spirit stones in gratitude, right?
After reaching the Soul Sea realm, every minor advancement required a tremendous amount of spirit stones. He could refine a single spirit stone in five minutes now, but the amount needed to break through was far more than what he had required during the Core Formation realm, so the time it would take to break through would be far higher compared to the Core Formation realm, even with his enhanced refinement strength.
"10,000 spirit stones or similarly valued resources, whatever you like. That was the price of this help. You can pay me, or I will take it by myself."
The cultivators were stunned. Forget about them, even Yi Lin was stunned too, but Ming Yue nodded in approval. That's how it should be.
The cultivators came out of their stunned state quickly, and one of them nodded.
"Of course, thank you for your help."